POL501 Nondemocratic Regimes

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Hušek (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Miloš Gregor, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Petříková
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:30 U41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the topics of nondemocratic regimes; distinguish between totalitarian and authoritarian regimes; apply the theory of non-democratic regimes to the concrete historical and present political regimes; consider the situation of concrete political regime in relation to his (non-)democratic character.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Reading week
  • 3. Historical types of non-democratic regimes
  • 4. Theory of totalitarianism I.
  • 5. Theory of totalitarianism II.
  • 6. Theory of authoritarianism I.
  • 7. Theory of authoritarianism II.
  • 8. Theory of non-democratic regimes and Czech/Czechoslovak politics
  • 10. Theory of opposition of non-democracies
  • 11. Contemporary non-democracies
  • 12. Actual trends in the theory of regime's types
  • 13. Final exam
Literature
  • BALÍK, Stanislav and Michal KUBÁT. Teorie a praxe totalitních a autoritativních režimů (The Theory and Practice of Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes). 1st ed. Praha: Dokořán, 2004, 168 pp. Edice Bod. ISBN 80-86569-89-6. info
  • BROOKER, Paul. Non-democratic regimes : theory, government and politics. 1st pub. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 2000, viii, 288. ISBN 0-333-66079-X. info
  • LINZ, Juan J. Totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000, vii, 343. ISBN 1555878903. info
  • ARENDT, Hannah. Původ totalitarismu. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1996, 679 s. ISBN 80-86005-13-5. info
Teaching methods
theoretical praparation, lectures, seminary essay
Assessment methods
Essay in the run of the semestr with the topic: non-democratic elements of concrete historical political regimes before 1848; written test, at least 60 % points
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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